Loneliness and meaninglessness are constituent reasons for asking for euthanasia, a Dutch academic told the Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying today (26 September). Professor Theo Boer, a ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) has said that it is supporting the proposed ‘family’ amendment in the forthcoming referendums, but will not be supporting the proposal on ‘care’. The group, which ...

The Government has approved what it describes as a roadmap for implementing the EU’s AI Act – including naming eight bodies to enforce the legislation within their areas. The Department of Enterprise, ...

The professional body for IT in Britain has called for a review of a law that assumes the reliability of computer evidence. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants an end to the legal presumption ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has appointed 19 lawyers following a period of exceptional growth and activity. Five senior lawyers were appointed to partner ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has announced that Stephen Gardiner has joined the firm as a partner in its asset-finance practice. The firm describes Gardiner as a highly regarded advisor with 15 ...

The number of successful cyber-attacks against British law firms rose by 77% in the past year to 954, according to a new study of the threat reported by the Law Society Gazette of England and Wales.

Climate activists backed by the charity Community Law & Mediation (CLM) have been given the go-ahead to challenge what they describe as “inadequate” Government action on climate change. As well as CLM ...

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) is developing a new standard form contract for offshore wind projects, according to William Fry lawyers. In a bulletin, the solicitors ...

The new Unitary Patent System will offer Irish inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses a new level of protection and significant cash savings, according to Neale Richmond (Minister of ...

In Ireland, contempt of court remains on a common law footing rather than being enshrined in legislation. But does it need a statutory basis? Contempt of court is the way the justice system protects ...